Bottle-wrapper



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY BELL, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

BOTTLE-WRAPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,642, dated May 9,1882.

I Application filed March 10, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY BELL, ot'Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Bottle- Wrappers, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, forming part of thisspecification.

This invention consists of anov'el bottle wrapper or envelope made ofsuitable strips of material laid across each other at the center andsecured together, and provided with means a for binding the envelopearound a bottle, substantially as hereinafter described.

Inthe accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvedwrapper, showing the manner of securing it around'a bottle. Fig. 2 is aninside view of the bottom of the wrapper partly broken away, and Fig. 3is a view showing the manner of constructing the wrapper from rushes orreeds. In constructing the wrapper A, I out the stalks or leaves orother material a little more than twice the length of the bottle to becovered and place them across each other at the center. When asufiicien't number of stalks, 850., have been thus arranged, they aresecured together by means of a tack or clasp, a, and two circular piecesof pasteboard or felting, b, about the size of the bottom of thebottle," which are arranged on opposite sides of the covering materialand fastened thereto by means of the clasp. The ends of the stalks orflags are then bent upward ever one of the pieces of pasteboard insuchmanner as to form a hollow cylindrical envelope for a bottle.

To provide a means for securing the wrapper around a bottle, I cut a.suitable number of the flags employed in the construction of the wrapperabout one-halt longer than "the of theiiags to bind them close to theneck of the bottle, the said longer ends are bent back toward the bottomof the bottle, and another I hand, '1], larger than the first, is passedover the entire wrapper to aboutthe center thereof, to holdj' thelonger-ends down and prevent the band 0 from becoming accidentallydisplaced.

\Vhen rushes or reeds are employed they are to be sewed together to formstrips of suitable width, as shown in Fig. 3, and the strips are to bearranged and secured together in the mannerabovc described. In thelatter case two or more tacks, a, may be used to secure thepartstogcther.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A bottle-wrapper made of lengths of vegetable fiber, which aresecured together at their centers and adapted to be bent up from thebottom to the neck of a bottle, substantially as shown and described.

2. A bottle-wrapper made of lengths of vegetable fiber, which aresecured together at their centers between pieces of pasteboard orfelting, substantially as shown and described.

3. A bottle-wrapper composed of suitable pieces of material, which aresecured together at the center and bent up around the bottle andconfined by a band, and having a. number of the strips made longer thanthe rest and bent back over-the said band and confined by another bandinclosing the wrapper, substantially as shown and described. HENRY BELL.

Witnesses:

JosxKAnsLnn, M. S. BARBER.

